47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

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Title
47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Alternate name
47th Infantry, USCT
Allegiance
United States of America
Description
Organized March 11, 1864, from 8th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Department of the Gulf to January, 1866.
Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg (Miss.), till October, 1864. Expedition from Haines Bluff up Yazoo River April 19-23. Near Mechanicsburg April 20. Lake Providence May 27. Moved to mouth of White River (Ark.), October 15. Duty there and at Vicksburg (Miss.), till February, 1865. Ordered to Algiers (La.), February 26 thence to Barrancas (Fla.). March from Pensacola (Fla.), to Blakely (Ala.), March 20-April 1. Siege of Fort Blakely April 1-9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Return to Mobile and duty there till June. Moved to New Orleans (La.), thence to Texas, and duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas, till January, 1866. Mustered out January 5, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 398 Enlisted men by disease. Total 432. --From 'Battle Unit Details,' National Park Service
Began
11 Mar 1864
Ended
5 Jan 1866
Years duration
1864-1866
Participant in
Civil War, 1861-1865
Item sets
Military units

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